Where does “numescu” come from?
numescu (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian numã, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
numescu (Aromanian): I name
Ancestry of “numescu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aromanian | numã | name; fame |
| 2 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |